<EG|chibsquad> ok, i just got about 200 pm's
<EG|chibsquad> Many of them address the obvious question: why only 3 pre-releases?
<algorithm16|Dracula> EVERYONE LISTEN UP
<EG|chibsquad> Legitimate question, but the answer is fairly straightforward, and I believe it makes sense. We're walking a fine line here by offering this pre-release.
<EG|chibsquad> !mode +D
<EG|chibsquad> We wanted to offer some people the opportunity to test it, without risking any sort of leak. When you're dealing with a beta kind of situation, there are very strict numbers you have to follow in terms of ensuring that nothing gets leaked.
<EG|chibsquad> We talked about this internally, and decided that doing a pre-release of something like 100 people would be far too risky, especially with the mod itself being release in just a few days.
<EG|chibsquad> People are comparing this situation to the "Willy Wonka Golden Ticket" phenomenon
<EG|chibsquad> Which is pretty clever
<EG|chibsquad> But I don't see how that's such a terrible thing
<algorithm16|Dracula> We call him willy in vent
<EG|chibsquad> Three pre-releases was decided to be the most practical way to offer some incentive for re-populating the Steam Community Page
<EG|chibsquad> I was very open about the fact that the primary reason for offering these pre-releases was that we wanted to get the Steam Group back up
<EG|chibsquad> It's a crucially important thing to have; we all need to prove to Valve that they can't mess with this
<EG|chibsquad> So, people are frustrated because it's 3/20,000
<EG|chibsquad> The fact is that having the #1 group on Steam with 20k members is SO much more important to our goal, because it sends Valve a message.
<EG|chibsquad> Many of you may be frustrated at the odds of this raffle, but we simply wanted to provide some kind of reward for the community banding together and getting this group back up.
<EG|chibsquad> To issue pre-releases to more than just a few individuals (such as 100) would also take valuable time away from setting up the distribution infrastructure.
<EG|chibsquad> So, 3 was a practical, small number we came up with.
<EG|chibsquad> I literally have 500 pm's right now, so let me read them all to answer the next question
<EG|chibsquad> Hm. Do I think that people will feel cheated by this raffle
EG|chibsquad> That's a good question, it's a hard question, and that's why I picked it.
<EG|chibsquad> Do I think that they will? I mean, from the response, they do. So I don't need to predict that.
<EG|chibsquad> But should they? No.
<EG|chibsquad> Absolutely not. This was not some publicity scheme to get users on the community page while we delay the mod for another month.
<EG|chibsquad> Right now (and this relates to the release date), we have the open beta version ready to go
<EG|chibsquad> The further delays are from the DISTRIBUTION angle of things, not CODING
<EG|chibsquad> So, things like: making sure you CAN download the mod without servers crashing
<EG|chibsquad> making sure you have PLACES TO PLAY
<EG|chibsquad> So I really don't understand what's there to feel cheated about. We're working with our hosting sponsors very closely to secure the bandwidth for this release, and also to have at least 15 public servers in each region available upon release
<EG|chibsquad> We felt it was necessary to have that steam community page re-populated, for obvious reasons, and we made a plea to the community to help us out.
<EG|chibsquad> That's how I feel about it, and I think the best answer I can give is that
<EG|chibsquad> Believe me, after this is released publicly, NOBODY will feel cheated
<EG|chibsquad> BTW, if someone tries to link you to any sort of CSP Beta.exe file
<EG|chibsquad> DON'T ACCEPT IT
<EG|chibsquad> because they're viruses
<EG|chibsquad> + scams
<EG|chibsquad> okay
<EG|chibsquad> just read about 500 pm's
<EG|chibsquad> People basically want to know what the official release date will be
<EG|chibsquad> The best way I can answer this question is to say that the work we are doing now is on the distribution side of things, and not the coding side of things. So, it's possible that it could be released tomorrow, but it could be Monday or Tuesday as well. I'm sorry if this makes you incensed, and I'm sorry if you will refuse to play CSPromod because we released on Oct 2nd instead of September 30th
<EG|chibsquad> I think you all know that it wouldn't make sense to try and release a mod if
<EG|chibsquad> 1) you couldn't all download it effectively
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<EG|chibsquad> and 2) you had no way of playing it with each other
<EG|chibsquad> so, in regards to dedicated servers, which i have had many questions on
<EG|chibsquad> tomorrow, Divo Networks, our server sponsor, will be developing a server side config
<EG|chibsquad> and testing it on their servers
<EG|chibsquad> after it has been polished, we'll be releasing the config and other instructions
<EG|chibsquad> so that any server company or individual can put up a server
<EG|chibsquad> comment in response to my last point
<EG|chibsquad> "so you don't even have a server config yet, ROFL"
<EG|chibsquad> is that what i said? no.
<EG|chibsquad> we've had dedicated servers working perfectly for going on a month, now
<EG|chibsquad> we haven't handed the files over to a hosting company yet
<EG|chibsquad> <g4n|riverhawk[sbwy]> why dont you address why you have not released any gameplay videos to prove you actually have a mod and we arent talking about thin air
<EG|chibsquad> because we're not going to waste enormous amounts of time on stuff like that when we could spend it coding or setting up servers
<EG|chibsquad> just like i'm not going to spend a whole day coordinating 100 beta keys
<EG|chibsquad> when i could spend 15 minutes doing 3, and using the rest of the day to make sure this is released a day earlier as opposed to a day later
<EG|chibsquad> ok, last comment
<EG|chibsquad> to be quite frank, i really don't care if people think i'm leading them on, or think this mod is a myth, or will never happen
<EG|chibsquad> because when you play it
<EG|chibsquad> all of those doubts will be answered
<EG|chibsquad> flame away
<EG|chibsquad> as anyone who's followed this mod knows, if you flame, you get ignored
<EG|chibsquad> if you post constructive criticism
<EG|chibsquad> we listen
<EG|chibsquad> last question
<EG|chibsquad> <FS|SiCkPuPPy> i have a question, whats the point of putting pressure on steam ? whats the goal about it...
<EG|chibsquad> "pressure" is not the right word
<EG|chibsquad> steam just needs to understand that this is a big deal.
<EG|chibsquad> and that people care about it.
<EG|chibsquad> because we want to be able to have CSP on steam, right?
<EG|chibsquad> for instant, auto-updates
<EG|chibsquad> a futre Garry's mod type of deal
<EG|chibsquad> without the price tag
<EG|chibsquad> so, that's one of the many reasons why the community page is so important
<EG|chibsquad> so that when i have the phone call with valve to say
<EG|chibsquad> "we need CSP on steam"
<EG|chibsquad> they don't say "ok, where's the proof"
<EG|chibsquad> because EVERY DAY, they look at their community and see us @ #1
<EG|chibsquad> ALEX GET CSP ON STEAM FOR EASY DL'S
<EG|chibsquad> ...ok
<EG|chibsquad> so, don't you also see how important it was to get 20k on the community page?
<EG|chibsquad> <p-css`piG> but dont you realize how long it took garrys mod to get onto steam like it did?
<EG|chibsquad> all the more reason to put more people on the community page.
<EG|chibsquad> one of the reasons it took that mod so long is that
<EG|chibsquad> it wasn't valve's most popular game.
<EG|chibsquad> CSP will be valve's most popular game
<EG|chibsquad> that's really all i can handle for right now
<EG|chibsquad> please be patient
<EG|chibsquad> using your energy to spam the irc channel and flame us on websites
<EG|chibsquad> really doesn't accomplish anything
<EG|chibsquad> :/
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